Sustainable HRM in the Green Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Workforce Development

Abstract

Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) represents a developing academic field which applies sustainability guidelines to human resource management approaches resulting in environmental practices within workforce development. An evaluation studies the fundamental concepts along with business sector adaptation and implementation challenges of Green HRM as well as its projected trajectory toward sustaining corporate performance and building a better workforce. The study incorporates research from 2020 to 2024 through systematic review methods to evaluate Green HRM practices starting with green recruitment followed by sustainability training and performance management and finishing with eco-incentives. The manufacturing sector together with hospitality lead the way in adopting GHRM but finance and banking lag behind because of reduced regulatory requirements. Green HRM implementation encounters several obstacles which include expensive deployment costs and non-uniform policies and employee reluctance and technological limitations. Research needs to develop insights about AI in human resource management and sustainably implement cross-cultural sustainability measures and their lasting effects on labor forces. Digital HR technologies combined with both big data evaluation and regulatory systems will lead to faster Green HRM adaptions by businesses. Sustainability-based human resources policies need adoption from organizations to drive improved workforce participation as well as organizational market strength and environmental outcomes. This review confirms that Green HRM enables the creation of sustainable future-focused workforces which support worldwide sustainability requirements and builds extended economic and environmental stability.